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This fall at Camden County Community College!

THE BARNES FOUNDATION: BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM 

Instructor: Kimberly Camp 

Mondays September 9 - October 7, 2019

6:30-9:00 p.m. 

Rohrer Center Cherry Hill Campus Room 110 

This course will examine the Barnes Foundation; the life of its founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, who was before reviled during his lifetime; and the reasons for this hostility. 

DATES & TOPICS: 

Week 1: 9/9 

The Beginning: We’ll review history, politics and art that influenced Albert Barnes and his ideas about democracy, race and art. 

Week 2: 9/16 

The Foundation as a School: What the foundation is – and isn’t, and what Barnes’ intent was in creating the foundation, in light of the Jim Crow era, the silent migration and ending segregation. 

Week 3: 9/23 

Advocacy and Artists: A look at African-American artists who studied at the Barnes, and specific examples of Dr. Barnes’ work in helping change the dynamic of racism in the country and in the region 

Week 4: 10/7 

The Harlem Renaissance and the Return to the South: The artists and ideas that formed the Renaissance, and profiles of artists whose lives were changed through reverse migration. Week 5: 10/14 To What End ?: We’ll talk specifically about Barnes’ Will, the Foundation’s Charter and the controversy surrounding Lincoln University and the move of the Foundation to Center City. 

To Register, visit Page 9: 

https://www.camdencc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Center-Fall-2019-Brochure.pdf 

For more information, call (856) 874-6000

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